A light earthquake with magnitude 4.3 (ml/mb) was detected on Tuesday, 40 kilometers (25 miles) from Namatanai in Papua New Guinea. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 10 km (6 miles) below the earth’s surface. Exact location of event, depth 10 km, 152.0739° East, -3.6441° South. A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). The temblor was picked up at 23:29:31 / 11:29 pm (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 14/05/19 / 2019-05-14 13:29:31 / May 14, 2019 @ 1:29 pm. Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: us60003qn2. Id of event: us60003qn2.
Nearest cities/city/villages to epicentrum/hypocenter was Kokopo, Rabaul (min 5000 pop). Nearby country/countries, Papua New Guinea (c. 6 065 000 pop) (That might be effected). Event epicenter was 81 km (51 miles) from Kokopo (c. 26 300 pop), 62 km (39 miles) from Rabaul (c. 8 100 pop).
In the past 24 hours, there have been ten, in the last 10 days ten, in the past 30 days eleven and in the last 365 days thirty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that have been detected nearby. Each year there are an estimated 13,000 light earthquakes in the world. Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage.
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What was your situation during the earthquake? Leave a comment or report about damage, shaking and activity at your home, city and country. Read more about the earthquake, Distances, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Parameters, Location and details about this quake, that has struck: 40 km W of Namatanai, Papua New Guinea. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service.
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